Re: “Letter to the editor: It’s media hypocrisy, not Trump photos, that is disgusting” (Dec. 15): I’d like to suggest that letter writer Charles Todorich is engaging in a false equivalency when he compares the scant media coverage of what may or may not be on Hunter Biden’s laptop to the presumed outsized coverage if […]

The last two years have seen the best environmental legislation ever passed in the United States. With the CHIPS and Science Act (boosting semiconductor research, development and production), the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Inflation Reduction Act, there is $450 billion available for climate investment. Now we need to move with breakneck speed to allocate […]

Re: “Scientists say fusion marks clean-energy milestone” (Dec. 14, Page A1): The news about the breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology is great, and it’s always nice to see good news about the climate. However, it seems many have the impression that fusion is imminent and poised to solve all our energy – and, therefore, climate […]

Your Dec. 11 editorial, “Our View: Maneuvers insult those awaiting help” (Page D2), is right. But cynically holding up fuel assistance, after demanding it during elections, is sadly not surprising in these times. Rising fuel prices and their burden on corporations and citizens are well known. The state quickly allowed our electric utilities to pass […]

For the sake of Maine’s present and future well-being, it is important that voters check the backgrounds of those whom we elect. For example, Republican state Sens. Trey Stewart and Matt Harrington voted “no” on Gov. Mills’ emergency energy relief bill as heating oil prices skyrocket. Both are members of the American Legislative Exchange Council, […]

In 2014, when Dennis Dechaine lost his bid for a new trial, I wrote a letter to the editor to lament that the presiding judge, Carl O. Bradford, did not recuse himself from Dechaine’s case. He was, after all, the judge who originally denied Dechaine the right to DNA testing. The state attorney general at […]

In response to reader Gerry Brown of Cape Elizabeth regarding World Cup coverage (Letter to the editor, Dec. 14): He is annoyed with soccer terminology in World Cup TV broadcasts. Is he also annoyed by the terms “birdie” and “eagle” when watching golf? Or perhaps he is annoyed by the terms “love” and “ace” when […]